The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-05

II is not now in the power Of man o. in
vent new religion. All he can do is 10 se-
lect parts Of the old and piece them together.
So when Joseph Smith produced his Golden
Bible in WAYNE county. y Y, in $780, he
simply preached reform Of the modern
church with renewal Of the gifts exercised by
the ancient apostles, such as prophesying,
healing. speaking in unknown tongues, cic.
Almost every year from that date till Brig
ham Youngs death has witnessed the add
tiou Of some new doctrine. spiritual wifery
in 1902. polvgamy in 1913 kept secret ODD
$50. blood atonement in lsj4 and SD on
Now the SONS Of the ginal prophet, namely,
Joseph William and David Hyum Smith
repudiate all that was done after 1914. the
wear their father was killed, deny that Doe
ever taught or practicef polygamy and pro
pose 10 restore the church 90 what
was in the beginning namely, am improved
Christian church. with few extra iulis of
an apostolic nature. Unfortunately Tor
this scheme. no two men could he
more unlike than "Old Joe' and Young
joe The former was painfully prolific OF
revelations Young Joe, on the other hand,
has never "reyelatcd,' and the Utah Nor
mons call him the dumb prophet
Vow, while the prophet was organizing his
church in New York, Sidney NgIon, an
auo-tate Baptist preacher, had collected, near
Mentor o.. "a queer band Of semi lunatcs
who condemned all the churches and he.d
that the Lord was about % reveal himself
anew Riedon visited Smith and accepted
his leadership, the two squads We're united,
and SD community of about 700 families
was organized. which formed the settlement
nj Kirkland, Lake county, o.. about five
mile, from the home Of the late President
Garfield Early in 1881 the town was begun:
I'm 1s.;3 10 was quite a place. That year also
Brigham Young was converted and located
there: u l,33 this temple was begun, and in
1896 it was completed and cousecrated with
frantic performances Of various kinds ln
the meantime the Mormon, bad nude "a
settlement i'm jackson county. Missouri,
whore they had small war with the Gen-
tiles. and whence they We're driven into the
northwest corner Of that state. At Kirkland
they SET mp "a community mill. store AMI
bank: the goods from the store were sold on
credit or given in payment for work ou the
temple. and the notes of tine bank were pat
ont SO mdustrOusIy that In the panic of l'5'
they sank 10 six cents ON the dollar. Soon
after an tine principal Momons fled 90 Mis-
souri,. the bank notes became worthless and
only few Of the original Rgdonites re-
manned about Kirkland.
Kirkland sank into quiet country village,
Mentor became noted as seat of learning
and the abode of quiet and cultured people
The temple stood unoccupied for years.
then it was long used as wheat
warehouse, and for short time
as "A pork packing house But it was re-
markably well built structure and took mo-
harm from these profane uses. Finally,
when the Mormon episode was almost forgot
ton. am agent Of the Young Joetes' quietly
bought the building and adjacent lots and
about 1910 the concern was thoroughly
cleansed and rather handsomely finished in
side.a few of the old Missionaries came back,
a few new converts, and now there are Nor
mons enough about Kirkland 90 maintain a
good congregation and guard the sacred
fires as it were The style of the building
does not follow any order of architecture
fully. but nevertheless the temple presents
bold and attractive appearance, the stranger,
uniformed Of its history, would pause 20
admir-. il rs AN interesting specimen OF the
ouaint and old fashioned country academy
fhe brick and stone are OF the veiy best qual
inv. and there is no reason, natural couFul
sons aside, why it should not stand thou
sand years.